School Blues

UK

Pennac, Daniel 저자(글)

Quercus Publishing · 2011년 08월 01일

책 소개

Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a dunce. Neither has he forgotten the day an inspirational teacher saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel, the moment when Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failed student for ever. In this humane and humorous reflection on education, Pennac engages with his past self - as both pupil and teacher - to understand how fear can make children reject education and how inventive thinking and inspired teaching can lure them back. Applying all the wit and ventriloquism of a renowned comic novelist, he enact the dialogues shared between pupils, parents and teachers the world over, and unpicks the cycles of blame and neglect that leave struggling students adrift in a faltering system.
A humorous and incisive reflection on education - the story of a dunce who became a brilliant teacher and a bestselling author.
Daniel Pennac was born in 1944 in Morocco. He was a teacher before becoming a writer of books for children and a series of hugely successful humorous novels. A continued interest in education and social affairs led to his book The Rights of the Reader, and thereafter to School Blues, for which he won the Prix Renaudot.
Quentin Blake, an artist of world renown and first ever Children's Laureate, has collaborated with Pennac on several books, including The Rights of the Reader.
Sarah Ardizzone has won the Scott Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Faiza Gu?e's first novel, Just Like Tomorrow. Her fresh, new translation of Pennac's The Rights of the Reader (Walker Books) is a natural prelude to School Blues.
Daniel Pennac was born in 1944 in Morocco. He was a teacher before becoming a writer of books for children and a series of hugely successful humorous novels. A continued interest in education and social affairs led to his book The Rights of the Reader, and thereafter to School Blues, for which he won the Prix Renaudot. Sarah Ardizzone has won the Scott Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Faiza Gu?e's first novel, Just Like Tomorrow. Her fresh, new translation of Pennac's The Rights of the Reader (Walker Books) is a natural prelude to School Blues. Quentin Blake, an artist of world renown and first ever Children's Laureate, has collaborated with Pennac on several books, including The Rights of the Reader.
Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his teachers saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel. This was the moment Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failure for ever. In School Blues, Pennac explores the many facets of schooling: how fear makes children reject education; how children can be captivated by inventive thinking; how consumerism has altered attitudes to learning. Haunted by memories of his own turbulent time in the classroom, Pennac enacts dialogues with his teachers, his parents and his own students, and serves up much more than a bald analysis of how young people are consistently failed by a faltering system. School Blues is not only universally applicable, but it is unquestionably a work of literature in its own right, driven by subtlety, sensitivity and a passion for pedagogy, while embracing the realities of contemporary culture.
'Describes what faces a school dunce when the teacher before him cannot recall what it felt like to be ignorant ... Playfully written ... School Blues joyously combines the profound with the seemingly trivial. It gently reminds readers how ignorant it is to have forgotten what it felt like to have but little knowledge' Economist.
'Should be read by any teacher or parent who wishes to understand the flaws in our education system' Frank Burbage, TLS.
'What Pennac has to say in this impressionistic, entertaining, provocative and insightful book is of relevance to anyone involved in education. 9/10.' Martin Spice, TES.
A humorous and incisive reflection on education - the autobiography of a dunce who became a brilliant teacher and a bestselling author.

작가정보

저자(글) Pennac, Daniel

1944년 모로코 카사블랑카에서 태어나 프랑스 니스에 정착하여 문학 석사 학위를 받고 중등 교사가 되어 아이들을 가르치며 활발한 작품 활동을 벌였다. 프랑스 문학계를 이끄는 선두 주자로 세계적인 베스트셀러 작가이기도 한 그는 대중성과 문학성에서 두루 인정받으며 큰 성공을 거두고 있다. 그가 쓴 책으로는 장편소설 『산문 파는 소녀』 『말로센 말로센』 등 말로센 연작소설, 『마법의 숙제』 등이 있고, 어린이 책 『까모와 나』를 비롯한 까모 시리즈, 『늑대의 눈』 『위대한 렉스』 『연극처럼』 등이 있다. 현재 프랑스 파리에 살고 있다.

기본정보

ISBN	9781906694876 ( 1906694877 )
발행(출시)일자	2011년 08월 01일
쪽수	320쪽
크기	132 * 196 * 27 mm / 187 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어